Video · 23:01BR Labs · Episode 07
Bitcoin at $80K, Market Triggers & Wrappers vs Native Assets
Bitcoin from the perspectives of a holder and a trading desk, market triggers, and wrappers versus native on-chain assets.
Podcasts · Panels · Press
Media
Alongside his work at BR Labs, Rezo Shmertz participates in industry panels and contributes commentary on crypto markets, investing and financial technology. This page brings together podcast episodes, public appearances and press coverage of that work.
Featured media
Podcasts & appearancesVideo · 23:01
Video · 42:47Epic Web3 · panel
Stablecoins Under the Hood: Architecture for Global Liquidity
A panel conversation on stablecoin infrastructure and global liquidity.
Event photoGFTN · Tbilisi Finance Summit
What’s Next for Stablecoins in the Region
An appearance at the Tbilisi Finance Summit, documented in GFTN’s event gallery.
More BR Labs podcasts
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Intent Economy, Solvers & Agentic Trading
Intent-based trading, solver auctions and BRRRolver’s work on Base and Ethereum.
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Tokenized RWAs, Open vs Permissioned DeFi & Retail’s New Role
Tokenized assets, institutional distribution versus composability, and retail’s changing role in DeFi.
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Robinhood’s Gated DeFi, Ethereum Rails & Nation-State Bitcoin
Robinhood’s gated DeFi distribution, Ethereum’s settlement role and lessons from El Salvador’s Bitcoin adoption experiments.
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Solana After FTX, OUSD Redistribution & Retail Conviction
Solana after FTX, OUSD redistribution and the role of retail conviction.
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AI as the New Baseline, Trust Over UX & Sharpening Conviction
AI in crypto, institutional trust and how investment conviction develops.
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Ethereum, Conviction & What Gets Passed to the Next Generation
Ethereum’s role, conviction through market cycles and what gets passed to the next generation.
In the press
Selected coverageCrypto Briefing · Quoted commentary
Strategy, Bitcoin, and the cost of conviction
Crypto Briefing cited Rezo’s response to Peter Schiff’s comparison of Strategy’s Bitcoin returns, including the timing of its purchases.
Read coverage ↗Read summary →CryptoSlate · Quoted commentary
Corporate L1s and regulatory arbitrage
CryptoSlate quotes Rezo’s contrasting view in a debate on public and corporate blockchains.
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